Japanese electronics store pleads for old PCs amid ongoing hardware shortage
https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/major-japanese-electronics-store-begs-customers-for-their-old-pcs-as-hardware-drought-continues-we-pretty-much-buy-any-pc-pleads-the-akihabara-outlet
https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/major-japanese-electronics-store-begs-customers-for-their-old-pcs-as-hardware-drought-continues-we-pretty-much-buy-any-pc-pleads-the-akihabara-outlet
Tom's Hardware
Major Japanese electronics store begs customers for their old PCs as hardware drought continues — ‘we pretty much buy any PC’ pleads…
Old becomes gold in Akihabara Electric Town.
Minnesota officials say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/minnesota-officials-say-they-cant-access-evidence-after-fatal-ice-shooting-and-fbi-wont-work-jointly-on-investigation
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/minnesota-officials-say-they-cant-access-evidence-after-fatal-ice-shooting-and-fbi-wont-work-jointly-on-investigation
PBS News
Minnesota officials say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on investigation
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is “exploring all options to ensure a state level investigation can continue” and that they’re “speaking to our local partners on paths forward.”
BCA statement regarding investigation of ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis
https://dps.mn.gov/news/bca/bca-statement-regarding-investigation-ice-fatal-shooting-minneapolis
https://dps.mn.gov/news/bca/bca-statement-regarding-investigation-ice-fatal-shooting-minneapolis
Chinese AI models have lagged the US frontier by 7 months on average since 2023
https://epoch.ai/data-insights/us-vs-china-eci
https://epoch.ai/data-insights/us-vs-china-eci
Epoch AI
Chinese AI models have lagged the US frontier by 7 months on average since 2023
Since 2023, every model at the frontier of AI capabilities, as measured by the Epoch Capabilities Index, has been developed in the United States. Over that same period, Chinese models have trailed US capabilities by an average of seven months, with a minimum…
Nvidia Kicks Off the Next Generation of AI with Rubin
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/rubin-platform-ai-supercomputer
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/rubin-platform-ai-supercomputer
NVIDIA Newsroom
NVIDIA Kicks Off the Next Generation of AI With Rubin — Six New Chips, One Incredible AI Supercomputer
NVIDIA today kickstarted the next generation of AI with the launch of the NVIDIA Rubin platform, comprising six new chips designed to deliver one incredible AI supercomputer.
Supernova Remnant Video from NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/supernova-remnant-video-from-nasas-chandra-is-decades-in-making/
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/supernova-remnant-video-from-nasas-chandra-is-decades-in-making/
NASA
Supernova Remnant Video From NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making - NASA
A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades.
He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI company is valued at $3B
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/07/called-terrorist-sympathizer-now-ai-company-valued-3b/
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/07/called-terrorist-sympathizer-now-ai-company-valued-3b/
Sfstandard
He was called a ‘terrorist sympathizer.’ Now his AI company is valued at $3B
“I must apologize to — absolutely nobody”: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley.
Fixing a Buffer Overflow in Unix v4 Like It's 1973
https://sigma-star.at/blog/2025/12/unix-v4-buffer-overflow/
https://sigma-star.at/blog/2025/12/unix-v4-buffer-overflow/
sigma star gmbh
Fixing a Buffer Overflow in UNIX v4 Like It's 1973
This blog post shows how to fix a buffer overflow in the su progam of UNIX v4
Claude keeps nagging about "Help improve Claude" inspite of previous decline
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46545056
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46545056
Sopro TTS: A 169M model with zero-shot voice cloning that runs on the CPU
https://github.com/samuel-vitorino/sopro
https://github.com/samuel-vitorino/sopro
GitHub
GitHub - samuel-vitorino/sopro: A lightweight text-to-speech model with zero-shot voice cloning
A lightweight text-to-speech model with zero-shot voice cloning - samuel-vitorino/sopro
Richard D. James interviews ex Korg engineer Tatsuya Takahashi (2017)
https://web.archive.org/web/20180719052026/http://item.warp.net/interview/aphex-twin-speaks-to-tatsuya-takahashi/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180719052026/http://item.warp.net/interview/aphex-twin-speaks-to-tatsuya-takahashi/
ITEM
Aphex Twin Speaks To Ex. Korg Engineer Tatsuya Takahashi
Richard D. James and Tatsuya Takahashi discuss their collaboration on the Monologue, microtuning, geometry and dreams.
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It
https://boltsmag.org/prosecuted-for-voting-american-samoans-alaska/
https://boltsmag.org/prosecuted-for-voting-american-samoans-alaska/
Bolts
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public officials—and has made them a new target for policing voter fraud.
Expired certificate breaks macOS Logitech apps
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/expired-certificate-completely-breaks-macos-logitech-apps-user-customizations/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/expired-certificate-completely-breaks-macos-logitech-apps-user-customizations/
Ars Technica
Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations
Even with a fix available, broken apps won't be able to update themselves.
Logistics Is Dying; Or – Dude, Where's My Mail?
https://lagomor.ph/2026/01/logistics-is-dying-or-dude-wheres-my-mail/
https://lagomor.ph/2026/01/logistics-is-dying-or-dude-wheres-my-mail/
Lagomorph
Logistics is Dying; or - Dude, Where's my Mail?
↳ Pony Express Rider, oil painting possibly by Lloyd Branson (1853-1925) In March 1860, William H. Russell established the Overland Express Route, colloquially called the Pony Express, to carry express mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and California; an…